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sturdyernie

 
 
Reply Mon 2 Aug, 2010 05:55 pm
3 men go in a hotel and rent a room. the room cost $30 each man pays $10. after they go up stairs the desk clerk remembers there is a special this week and the rooms only $25. the desk clerk calls the bell boy over and hands him 5 $1 bills and say bring that up to room. the bell boy goes up the stairs knowing there is only 3 men so he pockets $2 and gives the men each a $1. So where did the other $1 go?
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djjd62
 
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Reply Mon 2 Aug, 2010 06:03 pm
@sturdyernie,
unless the math where you come from is different from here, there is no extra dollar

5 $1 dollar bills, $2 in the pocket, each man gets $1 dollar ($3), so $3 + $2 = $5
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Reply Mon 2 Aug, 2010 06:29 pm
@djjd62,
each man paid $9 each for the room 9x3=27+2 that the bell boy pocketed=29 and they paid 30
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Mon 2 Aug, 2010 06:44 pm
@sturdyernie,
Not according to your original post:
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sturdyernie wrote:

3 men go in a hotel and rent a room. the room cost $30 each man pays $10. after they go up stairs the desk clerk remembers there is a special this week and the rooms only $25. the desk clerk calls the bell boy over and hands him 5 $1 bills and say bring that up to room. the bell boy goes up the stairs knowing there is only 3 men so he pockets $2 and gives the men each a $1. So where did the other $1 go?
sturdyernie
 
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Reply Mon 2 Aug, 2010 06:53 pm
@tsarstepan,
but each man got a dollar back making it 9
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fresco
 
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Reply Mon 2 Aug, 2010 10:15 pm
@sturdyernie,
The "$30" is irrelevant, and has been for at least the last 40 years !

The problem amounts to the bell boy lying that the room price was $27.
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